Red House Museum - Open Art Exhibition 2016

Red House Museum - Open Art Exhibition 2016

On Saturday 12 November I attended the opening reception for the yearly open art exhibition at the Red House Museum. It is located in the pretty town of Christchurch, Dorset. The museum is situated in an old work house, built appropriately of red brick. Two of my paintings are featured in it, both acrylic paintings on paper. One features a wave hitting a pebble shore, and the other some cows relaxing at the foot of a hill.
The 'Red House Open Art Show' started on the 12 November and runs until 23 December 2016. It is free to enter and the address is Quay Rd, Christchurch BH23 1BU.

 

'A Sporting life' open exhibition Southampton

'A Sporting life' open exhibition Southampton 2016

Currently running at Southampton City art gallery is an open exhibition with the theme 'A Sporting Life'. It started on the 25 June and closes on the 10th September. I have two paintings on show, both painted in acrylics on a canvas sized at 20" x 28". Both paintings feature local scenes of the city showing sport themed meetings/ events.

The first photograph shows myself with my first entry painting, titled 'Sunday Morning ABP Marathon. Northam, Southampton. The location is the main road running through Northam, on the east side of the city during the 2016 running marathon, sponsored by Associated British Ports, a major employer in the city. I was always fascinated by the large gasometer which dominates this area, and this event gave me a good excuse to put it down in paint.

The second painting is titled 'Sunday Morning Rowing At Itchen Bridge, Southampton'. It shows a typical Sunday morning at the BTC Rowing club, situated next to the Itchen Bridge, with new members being trained in to knowing how to be safe on the water. It was based on a number of photos I took during the morning for reference.

The two paintings can be seen clearly via these links.

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/sunday-morning-abp-marathon-northam-southampton-martin-davey.html  

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/sunday-morning-rowing-at-itchen-bridge-southampton-martin-davey.html